Patricia Rose Ford, known as Pat to many Redlanders, will teach Introduction to Soft Pastels. The class meets 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays through Nov. 12 at Redlands Art Association, 215 E. State St., Redlands.

Ford has won many awards for her plein air pastel paintings. For the past couple of years, she has spent much of her time traveling around the country, painting with plein air pastel groups.

Some of her accomplishments on these trips can be seen at www.patriciaroseford.com .

With three other artists, she has a show of plein air paintings created on Catalina Island on exhibit at the Banning Art Gallery through Monday.

Southwest Art Magazine has a brief statement about her pastels in the October issue, along with an ad for an upcoming show that she’s in, at the Purple Sage Galleria in Albuquerque.

Ford is a signature member of the Pastel Society of the West Coast, among other professional art organizations.

“As a landscape painter, I love the great outdoors, and particularly the scenes of the Southwestern desert and coastline,” Ford said.

“Currently, I am drawn to plein air pastels, as I enjoy being in nature, looking at a beautiful scene and translating the emotions of what I see onto the paper. My hope is that I am able to convey in my art, the feelings of joy and tranquility that I experience when painting.”

In her class, she will share techniques of building a soft pastel painting.